tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post4808146984949170113..comments2023-11-02T05:09:48.607-05:00Comments on PURE FLORIDA: Palmetto PraiseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-31969360384724477402007-09-13T20:25:00.000-05:002007-09-13T20:25:00.000-05:00Danielle, Hooray! Xeriscaping is so good for Flori...Danielle, <BR/>Hooray! Xeriscaping is so good for Florida. Thank you!R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-13090065828125243422007-09-13T15:39:00.000-05:002007-09-13T15:39:00.000-05:00i just absolutely love learning about my neck of ...i just absolutely love learning about my neck of the woods with the added bonus of your wonderful sense of humor ;) We are thinking of xeriscaping our front yard - it is just costing too much to maintain - time and money. We had to do it in Arizona...it's on the list ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-17431351526884233642007-09-13T08:33:00.000-05:002007-09-13T08:33:00.000-05:00Deb,On just that one, she took the C-section route...Deb,<BR/>On just that one, she took the C-section route at the recommendation of the Doc.<BR/>That was weird. "You will have a baby at 8:30 am on the 20th, mark your calendar."<BR/>None of that sudden, "IT'S TIME!!!" rushing to the hospital stuff.<BR/><BR/>HTeen,<BR/>Truly I am.R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-70662419258837814462007-09-12T21:22:00.000-05:002007-09-12T21:22:00.000-05:00FC...I usually refrain from posting two comments o...FC...I usually refrain from posting two comments on one post, but I wanted to tell you how hysterically I laughed upon reading "I was tempted to have him mounted." Oh...my...goodness. You're truly a Minorcan Cracker.MinorcanMeteorolgisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17095923117456588424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-79182389264662027402007-09-12T20:34:00.000-05:002007-09-12T20:34:00.000-05:0011 pounds? Poor Mrs. FC! Mine were all 7ish, perfe...11 pounds? Poor Mrs. FC! Mine were all 7ish, perfect birthing size. Ha ha!Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07879771115420282834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-53569967053971021102007-09-12T20:31:00.000-05:002007-09-12T20:31:00.000-05:00Laura,Oops! Left you out up there.I didn't forget ...Laura,<BR/>Oops! Left you out up there.<BR/>I didn't forget snakes, check my list. <BR/>I just didn't name any particular serpenty characters.<BR/>The burrow should have been a gopher tortoise at your NFL house. Good point about dogs. I don't let my dogs go through the palmettos.R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-21295681161499262332007-09-12T20:21:00.000-05:002007-09-12T20:21:00.000-05:00HTeen,Dang boy! My son has us bot beat ... over 11...HTeen,<BR/>Dang boy! <BR/>My son has us bot beat ... over 11 pounds. I was tempted to have him mounted.<BR/><BR/>Rurality,<BR/>I believe you are thinking of coontie which looks frondy and has a huge storage root.<BR/><BR/>Jojo,<BR/>My chickens haven't used them yet, but I can see what you mean.<BR/>I'm not sure about that black.<BR/><BR/>Vicki,<BR/>"Palmetto bugs" are oriental cockroaches ... the chamber of commerce spreads that P'bug name... sounds better.<BR/>Hooray for your coontie! Glad you made it to paradise!<BR/><BR/>Kevin,<BR/>LOL! You win! Perfect, why the hell didn't I think of that this morning?<BR/><BR/>Sophie,<BR/>There's a shortage of flunkies around here.Excellent hotdog roasters.<BR/><BR/>Sharon,<BR/>Kevin has been funny since first grade at Crookshank Elementary.<BR/><BR/>Robin,<BR/>Whoa, you were a tiny thing! Mom says I was eating mashed potatoes a few days after birth.<BR/><BR/>Ava,<BR/>Mission accomplished.<BR/><BR/>Kathy A,<BR/>Yes, beautiful SC is the palmetto state. That's when I know I'm back in the south whenever I'm traveling home ... seeing those palmettos is like a welcome home sign.<BR/><BR/>Alan,<BR/>Honest mistake, I don't like marshmallows!<BR/><BR/>Hoss,<BR/>Just another reason to like them.<BR/><BR/>Wren,<BR/>I like the sound of that!<BR/>:)<BR/><BR/>Mel,<BR/>Me too.R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-31777996864308667622007-09-12T18:23:00.000-05:002007-09-12T18:23:00.000-05:00horsetail and kevin...you made me LOL!! :)horsetail and kevin...you made me LOL!! :)ImagineMelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03997806954000549002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-58705858654376326842007-09-12T17:58:00.000-05:002007-09-12T17:58:00.000-05:00How come Florida got all the good plants?How come Florida got all the good plants?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-87185996576096753992007-09-12T14:24:00.000-05:002007-09-12T14:24:00.000-05:00I hear they'll also run to the store for you when ...I hear they'll also run to the store for you when your car breaks down.OldHorsetailSnakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00865830344885164689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-52320062159473051472007-09-12T12:02:00.000-05:002007-09-12T12:02:00.000-05:00Um, you forgot the rattlesnakes!! They like to ne...Um, you forgot the rattlesnakes!!<BR/><BR/> They like to nest underneath them, especially in the winter.<BR/><BR/>I'm trying to remember which type of turtle it was that would burrow a big hole underneath the palmettos up at our land in N.Fla. A gopher tortoise, maybe? <BR/>Anyway, hub would find rattlesnakes in the holes from time to time and it always gave me the creeps. I was afraid our dogs would stick their big heads in the hole, *shudder*.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-43252669717691117922007-09-12T11:47:00.000-05:002007-09-12T11:47:00.000-05:00Source of excellent hot dog roasting sticks.The so...<B>Source of excellent hot dog roasting sticks.<BR/>The sound of rain on their fronds.</B><BR/><BR/>OK, you finally got down to the real reasons. {laughing}<BR/><BR/>.....Alan (they're good for roasting marshmallows too).Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538108903073230589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-248578603190052032007-09-12T10:59:00.000-05:002007-09-12T10:59:00.000-05:00south carolina is the palmetto state, however! it...south carolina is the palmetto state, however! it's a good plant -- much different from the tall, non-native palms that dotted los angeles when i was growing up.kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-67757532926010804532007-09-12T10:44:00.000-05:002007-09-12T10:44:00.000-05:00All right ... you've convinced me!!!!All right ... you've convinced me!!!!Avahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15593984604250490495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-56687923866029054372007-09-12T10:41:00.000-05:002007-09-12T10:41:00.000-05:00Lovely ode to the palmetto. A beautiful palm. Hey,...Lovely ode to the palmetto. A beautiful palm. Hey, I weighed half of what you did at birth, so did my twin brother. The two of us were ten pounds together. Imagine if my mother had grubbed palmettos. Oy.robin andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13390482190562312928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-46124970083725712792007-09-12T10:39:00.000-05:002007-09-12T10:39:00.000-05:00"Frond of them", LOL! That's my laugh for today. A..."Frond of them", LOL! That's my laugh for today. And I agree, they make me think of palmetto bugs. :) Lovely pic though, with the sun shining through...Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03187791347178229107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-77562911428289217612007-09-12T09:37:00.000-05:002007-09-12T09:37:00.000-05:00I repeat, I LOVE palmettos! Growing up in what is ...I repeat, I LOVE palmettos! Growing up in what is now referred to as the Tampa Bay area, we had more scrub palmettos. Much easier to whittle for hot dogs. I miss those. They also make really nice fans if you can find a flunky to wave one at you. ;)SophieMaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09396958301555933308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-42818213941079877762007-09-12T09:12:00.000-05:002007-09-12T09:12:00.000-05:00So, you're saying you're frond of them?So, you're saying you're frond of them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-27858614774097427512007-09-12T08:12:00.000-05:002007-09-12T08:12:00.000-05:00Wait. I thought that was where the palmetto bugs c...Wait. I thought that was where the palmetto bugs came from...Hey! Guess who has half a dozen 4-5 inch coonties!? Pictures later today. The xeriscaping has flourished! After a somewhat hot and furry flight, all is well here in Florida. Lord, I love this place. Slept like a baby with no sirens, no helicopters, no neigbor's security lights shining in my eyes. It's heaven. Humid heaven to be sure, but heaven.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-8130456226402761392007-09-12T07:46:00.000-05:002007-09-12T07:46:00.000-05:00I like them too for all the same reasons you menti...I like them too for all the same reasons you mention.<BR/><BR/><BR/>you forgot one: a place for chickens to lay their eggs and you can't get to them...:)<BR/><BR/>I have 2 groupings in the yard. One of which the leaves on the frond started getting a bit black. Know what that is from?jojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739043673679583206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-80247492871593656462007-09-12T06:57:00.000-05:002007-09-12T06:57:00.000-05:00Don't these things have some pretty bodacious root...Don't these things have some pretty bodacious roots? I might be thinking about something else. It's been so long since I've been near the coast!Ruralityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06616461213179182660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-27772837970576538162007-09-12T06:51:00.000-05:002007-09-12T06:51:00.000-05:00Only FC could write so poetically about the palmet...Only FC could write so poetically about the palmetto. And I have you beat by 9 ounces...I don't know what my mama was doing, but she wasn't messing with palmettos!MinorcanMeteorolgisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17095923117456588424noreply@blogger.com